http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215471/ocean_pollution.htm
I learned that toxics wastes are poisonous materials

http://www.need2know.co.uk/need2know/environment/conservation/article.html/id=1579
i learnt that C02 emissions from cars and factories do not just affect the air, it also makes oceans more acidic too.

http://articles.latimes.com/1986-09-08/local/me-12985_1_artificial-reef
i learnt that Bolsa, Chica and huntington beach state beaches got littered with thousands of tires after winter storms tore loose the bonds

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/23/MNGH2JJ7371.DTL
i learnt that numbers have declined to 25,000 in 2004 from 105,000 in 1972.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/22/acid.ocean






external image dead_zones_map.gif
The red dots show areas where anoxic waters are located. Map athttp://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/CAMPAIGN_POCS/OCDST/dead_zones.html.Used with permission of NASA.